PENDIDIKAN BERKEUNGGULAN INSAN

In existentialism, the existence of one thing is always in the company
ofone or more other things.
Thus, to give a correct idea or to avoid misunderstandings
of the
use
of the predicate unggul as in terms like bibit unggul, sekolah
unggulan, produk unggulan pendidikan, and others, it is morally
imperative for the users
of such terms to provide the terms with their
contexts to determine whether unggul means 'prime', 'superior',
'competitive', or any other. Instances
of such contexts can be of
appearance or performance, of a long or short term, of current
objectives or future goals, of individuals or the community, of
individual or social needs, of national or international needs, of
inclusive or exclusive purposes, and others. Even now, the writer is
still
of the belief that the usage of those aforementioned terms in the
field
of education in Indonesia is still more as jargon rather than
basic concepts. Indeed very rarely or even never does the public,
particularly those who are very much concerned with the
development
of education in Indonesia, to get a thorough
explanation
of those terms mentioned.
This article tries to build a kind
of "second opinion" as a
balance to the existence
ofthat jargon menti